XL - Big turnout there! parkrun is going from strength to strength. For the areas that dont have them I hope they branch out in 2013 as you seem to get one parkrun then another 5 miles down the road. There are however still areas in the UK that dont have one for 100+ miles. It must be very frustrating if you fall into that category.

SJ - Great XC. Are you concentrating on 5/10K this year?

OS - Congrats on your 6th place.

Well done Shielsy on todays effort, you falling in to mens arms at the finish, whatever next!?

My year ahead is a funny one in that I intend to try for some PB's but will also be running some slower races to help my 23 year old daughter get into races. She has always done gym work and played hockey but never ran a race before. She set her target this year to do GNR - she has watched me on numerous occasions and even interviewed me after the 2011 race when she was doing her journalism course through the Chronicle. It should be great as I have played Cricket and golf wit my son but never done any sport with my daughter so really looking forward to it - she is aimimg to do a sub 2hr so not too slow.

I am aiming to go for a PB at Lydd half (sub 1:38), a PB at BUPA London 10K (sub 43mins) and then a Marathon PB at either Manchester or York (sub 3:52) really want a sub 3:50.

Its pretty snowy here, club grand prix cancelled so went out for a 4 miler with my new yaktraxs strapped onto my shoes. People slipping and sliding all over the ice and snow and i was running past no problems, very very cold but all fun !

Well I managed 9 miles on the treadmill tonight. I would normally just run outside but I had to do a tempo bit in the middle which would have been impossible . It had got incredibly icy between me going into the gym and coming out again so the temp must really have dropped. I guess I'll be back at the gym tomorrow too.

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